Nutrition Management of Patients With Inherited Metabolic Diseases

Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0763757772, Hardcover)

Written by the foremost nutritionists in the United States, each of whom has more than 15 years of clinical experience providing nutrition management of patients with an inherited metabolic disorder (IMD), Nutrition Management of Patients with Inherited Metabolic Disorders supplies information to enhance the knowledge and skills needed by nutritionists/dietitians and other health care professionals who provide services to patients with IMDs. Many disorders that are disastrous to patients have been diagnosed and managed by diet, improving neurological and physical outcomes. However, nutrition problems still occur, whether due to the quality of the medical foods, inadequate prescription by health care providers or poor diet adherence by the patient. This book describes these problems and suggests that medical food manufacturers, medical geneticists, nutritionists/dietitians, and other health care providers evaluate alternative forms of nutrients that would provide optimal nutrition and health for the patients.